The sub-discipline Visual Anthropology has played an
important role in the development of my professional
expertise. Besides the studies of visual perception
and representations, use of visual methods in the data
collection and analysis, teaching and public projects
(My other family, Yupik Eskimo Symposium), I have
produced my own ethnographic films, videos, and
photographs. It began with my studies of documentary
film-making at the prestigious Film Institute (FAMU)
in Prague. At that time, I made two ethnographic
films, which resulted from – and had feedback upon –-
my anthropological research. These films explore the
experiences of Siberian migrants with urban life
(Seagull Flying against the Wind, 2005, 15’) and the
transformation of a Chukchi-Yup'ik hamlet into a
tourist resort (Being a Tourist at Home, 2009, 38’). I
also experimented with various genres, which resulted
in an auto-ethnographic diary (faux pas . Fopíčko,
2008, 30’) and an anthropological observational
musical (Immigration office Prague ‘07, 2007, 25’).
Recently, I made another ethnographic film based on my
research on death in Russian Beringia (Five Lives,
2016, 65’). I was also engaged with curating an
exhibition on the same topic, Different Colours of
White – Eskimo is not dead (2013), which, besides
incorporating the work of five artists, also included
my double-screen video projection (WHALE dance and
Whale DANCE, 3’).

The video impressions on this web site reflect my
(visual) brainstorming on the local perception(s) of
the tundra and the sea.